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Enrollment
678
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000406
Hillcrest Elementary
1500 Frederick Rd, Baltimore, MD 21228 · (410) 887-0820 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
229 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
73.9%
MD avg 50.6% . -8.1pp since 2023
Math
68.6%
MD avg 34.8% . -6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.9% | 68.6% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 75.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Maryland's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hillcrest Elementary
Hillcrest Elementary's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Elementary this school | 678 | 33.8% | 75.0% |
| Mays Chapel Elementary Timonium | 657 | 31.8% | 57.5% |
| Honeygo Elementary Perry Hall | 698 | 29.4% | 68.3% |
| Rachel Carson Elementary Gaithersburg | 671 | 27.0% | 75.2% |
| Westchester Elementary Baltimore | 662 | 26.6% | 59.2% |
| Nantucket Elementary Crofton | 675 | 27.9% | 55.1% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hillcrest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #60 of 853 | #15 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #106 of 853 ▼ 53 | #16 of 109 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #106 of 853 ▼ 70 | #15 of 109 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 678 | #117 of 898 | #8 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #826 of 857 | #102 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #266 of 857 | #48 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #678 of 885 | #90 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #489 of 551 | #71 of 84 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
678
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 678 | 38.5 | 17.6:1 | 34% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 675 | 37 | 18.2:1 | 31% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 42.2 | 15.5:1 | 34% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 42 | 16.5:1 | 33% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 43.3 | 16.1:1 | 25% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 753 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 23% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 22% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 34 | 19.0:1 | 17% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 676 | 29 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (698 to 678); teachers down 11% (43.3 to 38.5).
About Hillcrest Elementary
Hillcrest Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland. It had 678 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Maryland have about 481 students on average; enrollment here is 41% higher.
Hillcrest Elementary is run by Baltimore County Public Schools, whose 177 schools enroll 110,872 students.
More than half of enrollment at Hillcrest Elementary is White: 51%. The next largest groups are 19% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 4% multiracial. In Baltimore County overall, the White share is about 53%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
On staff are 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.6:1. Elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1, 3.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Hillcrest Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 34%. For comparison, public schools in Baltimore County average 53%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Hillcrest Elementary outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 75.0%, is 20.8 points above the 54.2% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Maryland schools.
The county, Baltimore County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $91,768 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Baltimore County has 180 public schools with about 110,872 students, including Hillcrest Elementary.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Catonsville Elementary, is the closest to Hillcrest Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hillcrest Elementary. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Hillcrest Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Hillcrest Elementary had 692 students in 2020-21 and 678 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.5:1 to 17.6:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Hillcrest Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Baltimore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
850,796
Census ACS
Median income
$91,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
110,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore County Public Schools
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
Other schools in Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Other Hillcrest Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 24 states are named Hillcrest Elementary. Hillcrest Elementary is the 4th largest of the 42.
- Hillcrest ElementaryFrederick, MD · 581 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolLake Stevens, WA · 842 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolEnterprise, AL · 753 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 717 students
- HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WALES, FL · 667 students
Nearby schools
- Catonsville Elementary0.9 mi · 653
- Catonsville High1.1 mi · 1,735
- Westchester Elementary1.3 mi · 662
- Catonsville Middle1.4 mi · 818
- Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies1.6 mi · 68
- Westowne Elementary1.7 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest ElementaryHow large is Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary enrolls approximately 678 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hillcrest Elementary serve?
Hillcrest Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hillcrest Elementary?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Hillcrest Elementary.
How diverse is Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary reports a student body of 51% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 19% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hillcrest Elementary in?
Hillcrest Elementary is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.